Härén and his wife own three islands – one in the Philippines and two off the coast of Sweden – and invite individuals to apply for a short holiday on one of them, in order to have the time and space to come up with some new ideas.

Though a charity donation of around $1,000 (£600) is encouraged, the stay itself is completely free and all you need to do is explain why spending a week cut off from civilisation would help the project you’re working on, or hoping to develop.

Inspiring: A bit of sunshine could do you the world of good (Picture: Fredrik Haren/Ideas Island)

Previous guests include art collective The Barefoot Basterds, whose exploits included ‘creating awesome typographic experiments, beating up cute little dolphins and drinking the equivalent of an entire load of pirate’s ship rum’. Entrepreneur Benjamin Joffe, artist Gustavo Malucelli and organic food expert Trudy Fawcett have all also used the facilities.

The best idea we’ve had is to take up this offer… (Picture: Fredrik Haren/Ideas Island)

Sadly, the Palawan island in the Philippines is currently closed, as it got destroyed by the Yolanda typhoon, but Vifärnaholme and Svanholmen, which are both close to Stockholm, will be open from 1st June to 30th September.

Oh, and we forget to mention – both the islands can house around six people, so if your idea is good enough to get picked up by Mr Härén you could even get your friends to come with you.

And given that the biggest of the two represents over 75,000 square feet of private land, space really shouldn’t be an issue.

Bring a friend or two: They can help with the drinking… erm, thinking (Picture: Fredrik Haren/Ideas Island)

If you think you have what it takes to be chosen as an Ideas Island guest, have a look at their website.

And if you do get to become one of them, why not celebrate by inviting along some of the people who helped you discover it? We’ll behave, promise.